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Irish voters headed to the polls on Friday morning to vote on a referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon treaty that will either keep the flame of European integration burning or extinguish it for years to come. In the last Irish poll in June 2008, voters rejected the treaty and “Yes” campaigners have been pushing hard for a positive outcome

Thousands of people from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) march through Dublin city centre during a national day of demonstration. Anger over recession and corruption will influence the Irish voters' decision

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen canvasses in Tullamore. Another No vote would damage Irish hopes of reversing its sharp recession and would plunge the EU into a period of 'extraordinary uncertainty', he said in his final press conference before polling day Friday

The unpopular government is the best ally of the 'No' campaigners, who have also claimed that the Lisbon treaty would lead to lower minimum wages, legalised abortion and military conscription

Micheal O'Leary, Irish airline Ryanair CEO, shows his support for the Lisbon Treaty in Dublin

The front page of the Metro newspaper as polling stations open for the second referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty

Voters cast their ballot. Three million Irish citizens have the future of the treaty in their hands. The Lisbon treaty was intended to streamline decision making for the European Union's 500m citizens

A voter cast a 'Yes' vote on the Lisbon Treaty in Mucklagh National School in Birr. Europe's leaders hope a 'Yes' vote will reverse last year's No vote and end the bloc's political deadlock

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